Jacinto
Recorded 1909–2025 · United States
Jacinto was most popular in 2024, when 45 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,081 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,099, with 44 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,958 people named Jacinto.
Jacinto over time
How old is the name Jacinto?
Jacinto first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1909, which makes it about 116 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 115 of the 117 years since.
How many people are named Jacinto?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,958 American births named Jacinto between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,215 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Jacinto in 2025?
44 American babies were named Jacinto in 2025, ranking #6,099 that year.
Is Jacinto getting more or less popular?
Jacinto is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 38 births a year, against 23 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +61% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Jacinto a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Jacinto is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,958 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Jacinto?
Roughly 2,215 Americans named Jacinto are alive today — 75% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 38 years old, and half are between 21 and 56. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Jacinto is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org